Corset



May 24, 1932. V, BUCHANAN 1,859,550

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lv. BUCHANAN' 1,859,556

y coRsET Filed Sept. 4, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inv @uw T WIA yc/M/m/Y Petented Mey 24, 1932 'VITA BUCHANAN, OF NEW YORK, N. vY.

Ceasar i Application mea september 4, 192s. serial No. 133,670.

My invention relates to improvements in corsets, and the same has for its object to provide a corset which will t perfectly, be

comfortable to the wearer, and which will permit of the same being conformed fully to the ligure of the wearer.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset which will readily accommodate itself to the varying positions of the wearer, and iwhich will at all times be maintained properly to its adjusted position, and which will not ride up on the person of the wearer.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset which may be readily adjusted to the figure, and be conformed closely at its lower rear portion 0r seat to the buttocks of the wearer.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a corset having afseat portion formed of one or more elastic inserts, adapted to be conformed closely to the buttocks of the wearer by a plurality of holding members and attachin ,devices movably arranged upon said hol `ijl'ifg members.

Further, sa'd invention has for its object to provide av corset having a seat portion formed of one or more elastic inserts'adapted to be maintained under tension and conformed to the buttocks of the wearer by a plurality of holding devices which are slidably secured to the stockings of the wearer in such manner that the corset will be held duly positioned and adjusted upon the wearer, and still allow the wearer to move the body or legs freely without discomfort or inconvenience.

Other objects will in part be obvious, and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my invention consists in the novel details of construction, and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings- -V Figure l is an illustrative view showing one form of corset, constructed according to and embodying my said invention, in a posi- 5 tion upon the wearer;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the 'elastic seat, and the holding members therefor adapted for securement at their forward ends to the lower edges of the garment at the front and sides thereof; Fig. 3 is a side` view showingl the holding and attaching means for one leg; that for the other leg being omitted for the sake of clearness;

Fig. 4 is a detail face view of a corset, the same being extended to show the elastic seat, and the holding members extending thererom; 4

Figs. 5 and 6 are face views ofthe right and left hand attaching devices, respective- Fig. 7 is a detail face view showing one of the hook members secured at the lower edge of the corset, and a portion of one holding member with the combined adjusting member and eye which is adapted to engage with said hook member; y,

Fig. 8 is a vertical section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

In said drawings 10 designates a corset which may in general be of any desired type, but which, for the purpose of illustrating my present invention, is shownas formed of one piece and provided at the opposing front edges with hooks 11 and eyes 11a for securing the same together. The said body portion may be made entirely of elastic or of substantially inelastic material, or the same may be made partly of both of saidmaterials, i. e., partly ofinelastic material and provided at different points with elastic inserts or gores.

The body portion of the corset is preferably made of inelastic material, and is provided at its sides with vertical casings 12, and at its back with a pair of casings 13. 14 denote casings arranged at the front or meeting edges Vlrof the corset. The casings 12,l 13 and 14 are .adapted to receive the usual stays. It will, of course, be obvious that any number of casings may be employed. v

The lower rear portion of the corset body which constitutes essentially the seat portion of the garment, is cut away to receive an elastic insert 15 whose inner edges a/re secured by sewing to the cut-away portions of said body.

The lower edge of the seat portlon extends slightly below the lower rear edge of 4the corset and terminates in two parts l5, 15",

which are separated at the center of the back of the garment by a rounded cut out port1on 16. The lower edge of each part 15, 15", terminates in two diagonal, oppositely extendhereinafter described, and then adj ustably se-l cured to an eye member 2O by passing the same in succession through the slots 21, 22, 23, and then folded over and again passed through theslot 21. By this arrangement the lengthening or shortening of,each holding member, in accordance with the requirements of the wearer, may be readily accomplished.

Each eye, member has its top bar 20a arranged at an angle to the vintermediate and lower bars so as to form a tapering recess 23, and in order to facilitate the engagement of said top bar 20a with its respective hook member 24 the same is slightly bent or twisted so that its lower edge extendsyslightly be ond the. vertical plane of the back of sai eye member.

I The hook members 24 are secured to the lower edge of the corset; one adjacent to each meeting edge' of the garment, and one at each side thereof. The said hook members may be secured to the garment in any suitable or convenient manner, as by sewing, but preferably by riveting, and for this purpose a bar 26 is provided having a tubular member or eyelet 27 at each enda'dapted to extend through the fabric of the garment and be received'by and clamped over eyes 28 provided at the opposite ends of the hook members 24.

The attaching devices or members 19 are arranged at the inner and outer sides of each leg, and each of said devices has a depending vertical loop 29 which, in combination with a button 30, is adapted to engage with the upper edge of the stocking. Each attaching device 19 is further provided at its upper portion with a lower transverse bar 31, and an intermediate transverse bar 32, which are arranged parallel to each other 'and substantially at right angles to the vertical axis of said loop 29. Above the intermediate bar 32 is a top bar 33 which is arranged at an angle to said intermediate bar 32, and extends beyond the same at onel end. The bars 31, 32, 33 are united at( their ends by rounded portions 34 and the several parts are shaped and dlsposed at suitable angles corresponding to the directions of the several strains to which the device is subjected in use, and to prevent undue wear upon the holding members 18, 18a the transverse member 32 is provided with an antifriction roller 19a. A small transverse slot 35 is provided to receive a strap'36, the lower end of which may carry the button 30.

Both the attaching members 19, and the eye members 20 are made in pairs, i. e., left and right,l which are alike in construction, except that the same are reversed.

The operation of the garment will be largely obvious from the foregoing description in connection with the drawings. 1t need merely be bnoted that by reason of the sliding connection between the attaching devices 19, and the holding `members 18, 18a, the elastic seat of the garment-will be held duly under tension and conformed to the buttocks of the Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A corset comprising a. body part adapted to be secured together to coniine the body of the wearer, a single elastic seat portion, a pair of holding members each ,secured at one end to the outer lower corners of said seat portion, a pair of similar holding mem-7 bers extending in close proximity diagonally downward and forward from the middle of the lower rear edge of said seat portion and having portions partly folded upon themselves and the free ends thereof extended upward and forward, and means for severally securing the other ends of said holding members to the lower edge of the corset at the sides and front thereof, respectively, and an aty'taching device carried by each of said holding members and movable longitudinally thereof and adapted to engage with the stockings of the wearer, substantially as specified.

2. A corset comprising a body part adapted to be secured together to confine the body of the wearer, a single elastic seat portion, a

I `pair of holding members each secured at one end to the outer lower corners of said seat portion, a pair -of similar holding members secured to said seat portion intermediate its outer'ends'; said holding members extending in close proximity diagonally downward and forward from the middle of the lower edge of said seat portion and'their free ends thence extended upward and forward, elongated hook members on the corset at the sides and front of its lower edges and coopcratin g elonto form divergin portions, hooks secured to gated eye-members on the free ends of said olding members adapted to` engage with said hook members, and an attaching device movably carried by each of said holding members adapted to engage with the stooli'mgs of the wearer, substantially as specified.

3. A corset comprising a body part adapted i to be secured together'to confine the body of the wearer, a single elastic seaty ortion, a pair of members formed integra y with said seat portion and extending diagonally downwardly and forwardly from the outer corners of said seat portion, a pair of simiv lar members arranged in close proximity at the middle of the'lower edge of said seat portion and extending diagonally downwardly and forwardly therefrom, memberseach secured at one end to the end of one of said diagonally extending seat members and in prolongation thereof, said members each having its end portions partly folded upon itself the lower edge o the corset at the sides and front thereof, and eye-members carried by the free ends of each pair of said holding members adapted to engage with said hook members for detachably securin said free ends to the corset at the lower e ge thereof, and an attachinor device movably disposed upon each of said to engage with the stockings of the wearer, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York7 this 28th day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five. v

VITA BUCHANAN.

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